Dwarf-stone

The Dwarf-stone is the Eari Stone that was created to symbolically represent the dwarf race. The dwarves brought the stone to Greater Galwyndor to be employed there, where its Tal Calar keeper accompanied the Maldenon army in the Great Purge. It should be noted that at the time, the Eari did not know that the stones would also target creatures with natural omnifex.

Post-Purge

After the Purge had killed off all vorbright mages and creators, along with beings such as the elves and half-elves, its Tal Calar guardian, a dwarf named Olendram Broadcloak, took it back to the Hall of Deranon in Maldenon for safekeeping. They believed the stone would bring them great fortune, as the Purge had also eradicated the elves and the meninar, putting the dwarves in a position of great power. This attitude was reinforced earlier during the conflict when the Meninar succeeded in stealing the Man-stone from its Tal Calar in Gadonia. They sought to guard their relic with greater intensity.

In response to the theft, King Wulgár of Maldenon ordered all the engineers to construct a vast, multilevel series of labyrinths beneath the Hall of Deranon to further protect the stone. This was named Wulgár's Maze. He employed the most skilled scholars of the Runesworn, which were all now dead, to retrieve any rune-imbued stonework to be repurposed for the project. This proved to be tricky, however, as keeping enchantments intact required that they not become activated in the process, as the Eari Stone would then steal the magic. It is said that they never ceased building on this gargantuan structure.

Many years later, during the Time of Decay, when other dwarves migrated to Lesser Galwyndor, the dwarves of Maldenon sought refuge within their labyrinths, hoping that their stone would provide them the power to withstand the hardship. This ill-devised plan sealed their fate, and they essentially entombed themselves forever.